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The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern abruptly announced her resignation less than 10 months before a general election. In Napier, where her Labour Party is conducting a caucus meeting, Ardern told reporters that she lacks the motivation or stamina to run for re-election later this year. She specified October 14 as the election […]
At least 16 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister, have been killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, the aircraft fell in the town of Brovary, some 20 kilometres northeast of Kyiv, while children and […]
Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam has been one of the hot topics on Twitter after an Instagram user claimed that the player had inappropriate behaviour with her, since Monday night. An Instagram user purportedly posted private photos and audio clips of chats with Babar, which quickly gained popularity online. However, the charges have been denounced […]
The success of talks on debt restructuring with China and India was announced to the parliament by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday. Sri Lankan President Media Division press release said, “We are continuing discussions in that regard and I am pleased to announce to this House that the discussions are currently successful.” Notably, […]
In Kandahar’s Ahmad Shahi Stadium on Tuesday, the Taliban publicly flogged nine people who had been found guilty of thievery and “sodomy.” A media house tweeted, “The Supreme Court said in a statement that nine people were punished in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar on Tuesday on charges of robbery and ‘sodomy’.” Residents of Kandahar […]
China’s population has begun to shrink, after a steady, yearslong decline in its birthrate. The government said Tuesday that 9.56 million people were born in China in 2022, while 10.41 million people died. It was the first time deaths had outnumbered births in China since the early 1960s, when the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong’s failed […]
Pakistan captain Babar Azam found himself in a new controversy after an Instagram user alleged that the cricketer behaved inappropriately with her. An Instagram user posted personal images and audio recordings of conversations with Babar, which went viral on social media. Some private and intimate videos said to be of Babar were widely shared, with […]
China reported GDP growth for 2022 that beat expectations as December retail sales came in far better than projected. GDP grew by 3% in 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. Kang Yi, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, cast China’s 3% growth as “relatively fast” in light of unexpected situations and in contrast […]
United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman has ordered the extradition of middleman Sanjay Bhandari, the accused in money laundering and tax evasion. The move came months after a UK court ruled that there are no bars to him being extradited. The case subsequently transferred to Braverman, who was authorised to order the extradition based on […]
Pakistan-based deputy leader of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abdul Rehman Makki has been designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations, subjecting him to an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. The 68-year-old Makki, the brother-in-law of JUD/LeT chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, to its list of designated terrorists on Monday after China withdrew […]
NASA scientists said on Tuesday that they have located an Earth-sized planet in the habitable region of its star. According to NASA, which used information from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the planet, known as TOI 700 e, is a member of the TOI 700 system, 95% the size of Earth, and most likely […]
In West Nepal, searchers used drones and rappelled into a 200-metre-deep gorge to look for two passengers who remained missing following the nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, which left at least 70 people dead on Tuesday. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 turboprop carrying 72 passengers crashed in clear weather on Sunday minutes before […]
Six people have been killed in a mass shooting at a residence in central California, including a 17-year-old woman and her six-month-old child. On Monday at around 03:30 (11:30 GMT), the Goshen residence was visited by police, who discovered two bodies outside and others inside. The sheriff called it a “horrific massacre” and said police […]
At least 68 of the 72 people aboard were killed when a plane conducting a 27-minute journey to a vacation destination in Nepal crashed into a gorge on Sunday while attempting to land at a recently opened airport. The country’s deadliest airplane crash in three decades was witnessed by at least one eyewitness who heard […]
China on Saturday reported 59,938 new covid deaths in hospitals across the country over the last 30 days, amid criticism from the World Health Organisation that Beijing was “heavily under-reporting” the magnitude of the pandemic. According to official media reports, in ChinaThe death toll included 59,938 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from December 8 to […]
Just in case the world thought Britain’s Prince Harry had told it all in his just out “Spare,” the ex-Duke Of Sussex has, in an interview to The Telegraph stated that he still has enough material for another book. “Spare” reveals difficulties in Harry’s relationship with the rest of his family, particularly with Prince William […]
Thailand will probably impose a tourist charge on foreign visitors. Thailand is making every attempt to increase tourism in the nation and entice more visitors. This is done with the notion of always improving its travel itineraries as per the recent developments. According to reports, the nation will start charging foreign visitors who want to […]
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, will host the beginning of the 71st Miss Universe pageant. The eagerly anticipated beauty pageant will take place, featuring Divita Rai, Miss Universe India, among the more than 86 women competing for the title of Miss Universe on January 14. Harnaaz Sandhu, the Indian contestant who won […]
Alphabet Inc.’s health science unit, Verily Life Sciences, said on Wednesday it had laid off over 200 employees, or about 15% of its workforce, marking the first time in at least six years when Alphabet or its affiliate has announced job cuts. The move follows similar retrenchment exercises in corporate America, concentrated among technology firms […]
The population of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is on the edge of food riots as a result of the region’s unprecedented flour scarcity, which is being blamed solely on Islamabad and the PoK authority in Bagh and Muzaffarabad. While the government’s subsidised wheat supply has all but ceased, on the other hand, the cost of other […]
